TOP 5 CAMILLE COUNTER TOPLANE

Camille is a mobile, scaling side-lane duelist who dominates squishy and immobile champions with Hookshot (E) engage, Precision Protocol (Q) true damage, and her Hextech Ultimatum (R) lockdown. She shines in isolated fights and thrives when left to split-push and outmaneuver tanks or mages.

But Camille has a vulnerable early game and is very cooldown-reliant, item-dependent, and predictable in how she trades. If you deny her scaling or punish her early with trades, CC, or sustain, she’s much easier to shut down.

The top 5 counters to Camille top are: Malphite, Garen, Darius, Jax, and Nasus. These champions excel at either punishing her all-ins, out-sustaining her in trades, or shutting her down in extended fights and side lane control.

Top 5 Camille Top Lane Counters

1. Malphite

• Playstyle: Anti-AD tank / engage frontliner
• Strengths:
  • Q (Seismic Shard) slows Camille and trades safely from range.
  • E (Ground Slam) reduces her attack speed and DPS output.
  • Builds full armor and shrugs off her Q true damage unless fed.

Play Tips:

• Start Doran’s Shield and rush armor — she won’t break through you.
• Let her push and freeze near tower — call for ganks post-6.
• Use R to punish her post-E commit or all-in her under turret.

2. Garen

• Playstyle: Sustain tank / execution bruiser
• Strengths:
  • Q (Decisive Strike) silences Camille and interrupts her combo.
  • Passive gives unmatched lane sustain if not pressured.
  • R (Demacian Justice) lets him win trades decisively at 6+.

Play Tips:

• Take short trades with Q + E, then back off and regen.
• All-in when she burns E — she can’t disengage or punish your burst.
• Rush Stridebreaker or Phase Rush + tabis to stick and survive.

3. Darius

• Playstyle: Juggernaut bully / all-in skirmisher
• Strengths:
  • Outdamages Camille early and mid — she can’t outfight him in extended trades.
  • E (Apprehend) interrupts Hookshot and punishes overcommits.
  • R (Noxian Guillotine) executes through her defensive ult window.

Play Tips:

• Fight early and often — she can’t trade back until she has items.
• Use E when she tries to go in — your passive bleeds win you every trade.
• Ignite + Ghost can force snowball kills before she hits 2-item power spike.

4. Jax

• Playstyle: Scaling duelist / bruiser
• Strengths:
  • E (Counter Strike) dodges her Qs and interrupts her trades.
  • Matches her split push and wins 1v1s post level 6 and 1–2 items.
  • Scales into a tanky side lane threat with hybrid damage.

Play Tips:

• Don’t take blind fights — wait for her to waste Q1 before trading.
• Hold E for her post-E engage — trade after she’s burned her tools.
• Build Divine Sunderer + tank to match her sustained DPS and survive burst.

5. Nasus

• Playstyle: Scaling tank / sustain duelist
• Strengths:
  • W (Wither) cripples Camille’s burst and chase.
  • Can stack safely under tower and scale past her mid-game spike.
  • R (Fury of the Sands) makes him unkillable in extended duels.

Play Tips:

• Avoid trades pre-6 — farm with Q and play under turret.
• Once you get Wither + R, you win extended trades if she engages.
• Rush Frozen Heart and play for scaling — you outlast and out-pressure.

Bonus Tips to Beat Camille:

• Don’t fight near walls — Camille needs them to land her stun combo.
• Bait Q1, back off for Q2 — her true damage is frontloaded on the second hit.
• Force fights early or roam mid-game — Camille wants to 1v1 and scale, so group and deny her split pressure.